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I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you that you should remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour spoken through your apostles. (vs 1b-2)

... men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (v. 21b)

We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain. (v. 18)

Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.' (vs 21-22)

You must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. (vs 5-7)

And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for 'God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.' (v. 5)

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. (v. 5)

But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed. (v. 13)

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. (v.8)

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil. (v. 17)

'Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.' (v. 18)

Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. (v. 8)